I has a productive!
Oct. 9th, 2011 06:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseI'm still getting used to the differences in seasons here in the desert. In Alaska (the parts that aren't obscenely far north, anyway), October is the time to start locking windows and making sure insulation is intact and doors still fit in their frames and the heater filter is changed. Here, October is when you un-button your house, throw open the windows and let the fresh cool breeze fill your home. I know rationally that it's the same time of year, but it feels completely reversed - it feels so much like spring that it honestly wasn't until a friend pointed out that it was autumn and the seasons were changing that I even really thought "Huh. I guess it is autumn."
Either way, the changing of the seasons (or perhaps just the breaking of the heat) seems to have had a positive effect on my attitude and productivity. I've spent the last few months being fairly low-key and unambitious; playing a lot of Oblivion, working, sleeping, that kind of thing. Lately, however, I've been working on a few things - there's the exercise stuff I've been bragging about here, and I've been doing more artwork (mostly papercrafting as that's what I've had the supplies for - I may start sending out handcrafted cards in the coming months instead of store-bought) and some housework-y projects too.
I'm hoping that some of it will soon translate to writing as well. But even if I wind down again and all I get out of this sudden burst of energy is a few cards and a somewhat cleaner house, I think I can deal with that.
Either way, the changing of the seasons (or perhaps just the breaking of the heat) seems to have had a positive effect on my attitude and productivity. I've spent the last few months being fairly low-key and unambitious; playing a lot of Oblivion, working, sleeping, that kind of thing. Lately, however, I've been working on a few things - there's the exercise stuff I've been bragging about here, and I've been doing more artwork (mostly papercrafting as that's what I've had the supplies for - I may start sending out handcrafted cards in the coming months instead of store-bought) and some housework-y projects too.
I'm hoping that some of it will soon translate to writing as well. But even if I wind down again and all I get out of this sudden burst of energy is a few cards and a somewhat cleaner house, I think I can deal with that.
